A $50 million bond package on the May 4 ballot would help fund the facility on the UNT Dallas campus, but many are concerned over the effect its presence could have.DALLAS — The City of Dallas has a plethora of bond proposals on the ballot for the upcoming May 4 election, but perhaps the most impactful of those is Proposition F, which would allocate $90 million toward public safety facilities.
"A lot of times, people resort to crime because of societal inequality, and residents are saying 'why are we not investing in more affordable housing or expansion of mental healthcare?'" Hutcherson said."I know that the Dallas Police Department has the RIGHT care unit program that is a corresponding model, why not expand that, especially when the Dallas County Jail is the No.
Asst. Chief Catrina Shead who joined the department 28 years ago says the academy continues to fall into disrepair.The academy was built in 1990 as a temporary facility in the Red Bird area, but more than 30 years later it still serves as the academy. Officers have sometimes resorted to making their own improvements.
"Dallas has heat islands, and that has caused a rise in higher temperatures, and so this is also an environmental issue," Hutcherson said.”Years in the making, leaders in this community have said its past time to provide this best class police training,” Mong said.
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